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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret - 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?
(a) America.
(b) Paris.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Berlin.

2. When Mrs. Peretz enters, for what is the excitement in the house not good?
(a) The men in the salon.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) Mr. Peretz's heart.
(d) Mr. Peretz's digestion.

3. What is Sholem's response as the men hurl insults at him?
(a) He shouts insults back at them.
(b) He silently leaves the room.
(c) He says he put his soul into this play.
(d) He tells them that they are correct to insult him.

4. This section (1908, Berlin: A Cabaret) begins with the lights coming up on a cabaret in Berlin, as the troupe dances how?
(a) Gracefully.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Erotically.
(d) Nervously.

5. What does Peretz advise Sholem to do with his manuscript at the end of this section?
(a) Rewrite the ending.
(b) Print more copies of it.
(c) To burn it.
(d) Make some changes in the dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Indecent take place?

2. In the love scene between Manke and Rifkele, what does Dorothee do, regarding the newly-cast Virginia?

3. In 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis, why does Madje have Sholem seen by a doctor?

4. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?

5. What do the men think of the ending of the play?

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